Sunday, December 13, 2015

Beauty Sightings: The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is probably best known for the fabulous outfits ("Are those the Chanel boots?") and Meryl Streep's epic bitch face. And that bitch face is, indeed, epic and worthy of praise:

But that's not all this movie has! Since most of the film takes place at the offices of a (fake) major fashion magazine, "Runway" (clearly styled after Vogue), there's tons of great beauty products to be seen. Most of these products appear in the opening montage, but there are a few scattered throughout the rest of the movie

This fabulous beauty drawer gets pulled out at the start! We can clearly see a ton of NARS products, including lipsticks and powders. The tubes with the small "knob" on the end are most likely Dior Lip Addict products, and the double-ended lipglosses at the bottom appear to be from Tarte. Benefit's Dandelion blush and a Dior palette can be seen towards the back. (EDIT: The perfume on the desk is by Prada--thanks, Sassa!)

No idea what these two lipsticks are, but they are gorgeous! (ETA: This is apparently a Shu Uemura lipstick. Thanks, Allena!)

The film tries to show that our heroine, Andy, is down-to-earth and "not in to beauty" by contrasting the above two lipstick images to her grabbing a tube of Chapstick. But we can definitely see a vanity mirror and a few products on a tray in front of it. Unfortunately, it's too blurry and far away for us to figure out the individual items on the tray.

Andy hands her friends some free swag from the magazine, including Aquolina Pink Sugar perfume...

...some Clinique products, and Mason Pearson hair brushes.

Sephora makes a cameo appearance!

This scene looks like a little blooper. Initially, Andy is holding a Kevyn Aucoin mascara: thin red tube, gold band around the mouth. But in the close-up, she's holding a wand with a thicker silver lid. I wonder what they switched to? (EDIT: Jennifer is pretty sure this is the Diorshow mascara. Thanks, Jennifer!)

And that's it for The Devil Wears Prada! Let me know if you recognize any of the products.

In other news, I'll be away for the next few weeks--I'll see you in January!

This post makes me so nostalgic! I use to love watching this movie... now the dvd is buried somewhere in the garage. Might be interesting to rewatch and see all these brands they're using. Lovely post!

If you would like to borrow any of my content, please credit and link back to my blog. If I have utilized your work and you would like me to remove it from my blog, feel free to contact me.Contact: BadOutfitGreatLipstick (at) Gmail

Donate to Charity

Click this button to send me a $3 "tip" via PayPal. All donations will be sent to charity--I will not keep any of the money. Click here to read my Ko-Fi FAQ.